US-Iran Strategic Conflict and the Scenarios Ahead
Mostafa Mohammadi
As a result of the inefficiency of sanctions to realize America's goal of Iranian regime's collapse or surrender with irrational conditions and also of the contradictory results of the policy of the maximum pressure, the United States government has now the lower hand with no suitable option to get out of the current crisis. On the one hand, the sanctions are at the highest level possible and can't be possibly increased. On the other, using the military option against Iran will bring about countless challenges the US government is not ready to deal with. If the situation continues to be this way and both internal and international pressures intensify, the White House might have to change its approach towards Iran. Trump government's willingness to start negotiations doesn't necessarily mean the White House's change of approach since Trump desperately needs a big achievement in foreign policy in his electoral campaigns. Trump's government is seeking to take advantage of talks with Iran as a promotional trick; therefore, we can't really expect a serious change of approach in the White House.
Key words: Iran, the United States of America, Trump
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